Dubai - Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the appointment of Matthew Shanahan as Partner in its global Regulatory & Investigations practice. Matthew will be based in Dubai and will head up the practice across the Middle East.  

Matthew is a financial services and regulation expert with over 10 years' experience in the Middle East. He joins from Baker McKenzie where he was a Financial Services and Regulation Partner and brings over 10 years of direct experience at regulators, having worked for three years at the UK Financial Services Authority (now FCA) and seven years at the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).

Matthew specialises in advisory and contentious financial services regulation, advising banks, securities firms, other financial institutions and public sector bodies on all aspects of financial services regulation, including market abuse, fintech, anti-money laundering and financial crime. He also advises clients on managing regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, internal investigations, crisis management, commercial disputes, corruption, bribery, and data protection matters.

Mark Beswetherick, Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution for the Middle East at Clyde & Co, comments: “As the Middle East market continues to grow and the legislative framework keeps evolving, clients have an ever-increasing need for regulatory advice to manage new risk and compliance issues, especially across the financial services and insurance sectors. Matthew's unique regulatory experience and his reputation in the region will be a key addition to expand our regulatory offering and bring strategic support to our clients."

Commenting on the move to Clyde & Co, Matthew Shanahan says: “Clyde & Co has one of the most established platforms in the Middle East and across the world. It will give me the opportunity to leverage my expertise in helping our clients navigate their growing regulatory requirements and in complementing the firm's regulatory practice."

Clyde & Co's global Regulatory & Investigations group comprises 20 partners spread across its global network including London, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada and the United States. It works on regulatory investigations involving sanctions, , money laundering, bribery & corruption, white collar crime, data protection, market abuse and financial services regulatory breaches.

Clyde & Co has the largest presence and is one of most experienced international law firms in the Middle East with over 50 partners and 400 staff, based full time in Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the UAE, Doha in Qatar, Muscat[1] in Oman and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, providing a full-service commercial offering of local specialists in commercial, corporate, dispute resolution, employment, intellectual property, international arbitration, finance & banking, insurance, projects & construction, real estate, regulatory & investigations, and technology.

1 Office of Fatma Al Mamari Advocacy and Legal Consultancy Firm, in association with Clyde & Co.

Clyde & Co is a leading, sector-focused global law firm with 440 partners, 1800 lawyers, 2500 legal professionals, and 4000 staff in over 50 offices and associated offices worldwide. The firm specialises in the sectors that move, build and power our connected world and the insurance that underpins it, namely: transport, infrastructure, energy, trade & commodities and insurance. With a strong focus on developed and emerging markets, the firm has achieved compound average annual revenue growth of 15% over the last ten years, making it one of the fastest growing law firms in the world with ambitious plans for further growth.

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